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Victoria C. Woodhull: “To guard the people against all apprehension of such a result ever being possible, there should be a measure placed upon…”

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To guard the people against all apprehension of such a result ever being possible, there should be a measure placed upon this currency that will at all times make it just as absolute in its measure of value as the pound is in its measure of weight, or as inches are in their measure of distances.
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Victoria C. Woodhull

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Woodhull discusses the importance of a stable currency system that reflects true value.

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